Remember the darkest part of the face is the eye location, then bottom of the nose-> upper lips->top of the chin

@Steve Lenze @Jesper Axelsson @Liandro hello I’m not sure if I’m allowed to tag you but may you please offer some advice sorry I’m just so confused and studying on my own ain’t really getting me anywhere I’ve taken a look at proko portrait course , Marco’s Bucci’s course and many YouTube videos. Im not understanding the planes of the eye just that section alone

The eyebrow is misleading part because it's based on skim. What you should do is look at the structure of the skull, especially the eye socket, the supraorbital bump is actually the "eyebrow". That lump and flesh thing is a fat pad, in some people it shrink or being big enough to fill the edge of the top eye lid. If you are new, just pass it and make it dark that part below the eyebrow for correct structure. Then you can make some research about the fat pads to make it look more correct. And try to find some portrait picture which has a normal face, I mean no emotional expression tp make face studying more clearly.

This is what you should do: +use your middile finger and forefinger to hold the pencil's body. +put the pencil's tail between the forefinger and the thumb as a fulcrum. +while hatching, only use middle finger and forefinger to move the pencil. +when your pencil is dull, sharpen it immediately, and remember to do it more often. (1cm is sharp enough) +try to practice it 15m per day. +if you are hatching on big area, hold it by the whole hand and use force from your wrist( 3rd pic)